Weight for the horns of cattle



7 Jan. 19,192 Y 1,570,524

F. H. PETERSEN WBIGHT'FOR THE HORNS OF CATTLE Filed March 711924 reamedJan. 19,: 192 6.

i WEI HTQrmrTH- FRANKIE. PETERSEN; or nnuvn'itj oonoiaanogas sreimn or OE- am To can; f

saws 9 .CATTLE- i Application filed-March ideal, :seria1-iofe97 ,e39.

. To all whom it w'tag concer'm Be it known that I, ,FRANK' H.

a citizen of 'i the 'United. States of; America, residing at the cityand county of Denver and State of Colorado, have inventedlnew r anduseful W'eights for tl16 HQI'I1S OfIG2Ll35 tle, of which theufollowingisa specifica v tion.v f f My inventionrelateste a new type of hornweight, for use on thehorns of cattle,

1U especially young cattley and it is adapted to cause the horns toturn. downwardly. and row downwardly towards" the face of the.

b cattle as their horns: grow. i.

1 First: To providea "weight that can be adjustably secured to any {partof the length of the horns of cattle, especially yo'ung c at-' tle,without forming a depression, oral groove that would in theleastdisfigure an even clamping .pressure. throughout its 31 length, andthatdoesnot;containany projecting'screw headsfo'r. othermembersthatwould be likely to loosenthe-weight on the horn when cattleare rubbing'theirhorns.

against trees and posts. 1 y I attain these ob 'ect by the mechanismillustrated in inwhichg q i Figure 1 is a sectional viewj.throughth theopening therethrough."

Figure 2 is a front view of Figure 1. Figure 3. is a sectional view onthe line 33 of Figure '2.

Figure 4 is a form of the weight. t Figure 5-is'a. secti 55 of Figure 4.I 1

Figure 6 is a top view; ofthe style" of locking key shown in Figure 4,and

onal view on theline weights to the horns of a bullock; v r Similarletters of reference refer to similar views throughout-the severalyiews; Refe r o the d aw a And the objects ofmy invention are-1% Second:To provide a" weight for the. horns-of cattle that clampsonto-thehorn]with a long clamping bearing; and .with

the accompanying drawings," J

improved weight, taken longitudinally: of

front view of a modified. 7

Figure 7 shows the application of thefThG LIIU IHGI'ELlSfL 311C112designate'a horn as f bending'weigh-t; iandethese horn bending weightscan be. made either ro'und'in the shapeof aball or? oblong-:or'in itheshape offa-pea'r; but I preferably. make them either round orpear-shaped. I Theselweightsare made,inydifferent'sizes 'and;-.-we ghtsfrom one, pound to three pounds;

through' its' center from/end to. end which Eachgwelghtj has a;";taperingl hole- 'a'tapering horn, and allcattle havektap'er- 1 inghorns 'whichtaperfro'm a point close 'to the head to ashar i ointattheirends;

I the'rhorn's' down. sozthey will 'move' very; slowlyesjthey grow-,j.andfor this purpose 'th'e weighti is positioned on the ":hornbin and theobject of the weights is to weight different. places}- in;' its length:as the; horn.

commences to turn;, and/also "two, different,

weightsfcan be'placed .on ahorn'atdi'fferent jparts vofits lengthyif'desired, consequently thelarge. end of. the tapering aper-.turezth'roughthese weights-is placedon the' horn andthe Weightis movedto the point whereit is thoughtbest tosecuregitr My inventioncontemplates any means of.

securing .a vweight to a horn that. doesinot disfigure or;;marthe-surface ofthe horn,

and in accomplishing this purpose I make a 'keyway 5 in theperipheraljsurface of the. aperture 3. through the-weight.- The keyway.5,. is "cut longitudinally through thefwallw of the taperedhole' 3, and-:out throughathe periphery of the Weight,but.so asf to-leave agcfentralbridge 'block;.6, which isivabout,a'thirdfthe length or the keywayyandthe top oft his bridge blockf6 is inclinedzin thedirectionof the 7*keyw'ay, as clearly shown in Figure 1, and itfjterminates a; shortdistance below the point where the keyway'5 enters the hole3.

threaded hole, in which isscrewed a set screw 7 to hold a key8;"whichsecures'the weight upon thehmm; The key, 8 is of the each end prthe key. Thef' .key is l e}.

The block 6 is; provided with a central in the keyway so as to rest uponthe in clinedface otithe bridge block 6, and the weight placed upon thehorn. The key is then driven forward, or toward the small end of thehorn, and as the keyis tapered, its toothed edge will be forced againstthe horn so as to tightly clamp the weight upon the horn.

The upper half of the horn receiving hole 3 in the weight is of aninverted V-shape'i'n cross section, and this construction permits thehorn, which is slightly curved, to be passed through the hole 8, as theouter curve of the horn will: be accommodated by the \t-shaped part ofthe hole, and thus permit the curved horn to fit inthe straight-sidedhole. t

hen the key 8 is inserted in the keyway 5, of the weight, the teethpitch toward the large end oi the tapered hole 3 in said weight, so-asto permit the key the more easily to be driven forward to clamp theweight'to the horn. e

In Figure 4: I show a weight having a taperedhole 3, the same as inFigures l to 3, but thekeywayll extends through the Weight at rightangles to the-hole 8 and so as to intersect the same. This keyway isplacedat the opposite side of the weight from the V-sh-aped apex of theaperture through the weight. This arrangement of keyway and this form otaperture through the- Weights allows me to use keys of differentthicknesses. Thus if I wish to apply a weight to a very small horn-,Iwould place the apex portion of this aperture on the horn and then use akeywaythickenough to extend from this keyway up underneath the horn.

This keyway is formed--with a central bridge block-12 similar to thebridge block 6, and its top may be inclined'in a similar manner tothetop of theblock 6, or it may have a double incline, as shown in Figure4. With this-forni of weight I employ a key 13' which tapers, likethe-key 8, but the teeth on its upper edge are dispensed with, and thisedge of the key is formed with a V-shaped rib 14, which extendsdiagonally ofthe length of the key.

This key may beinserted in the keyway 11 from either end of the same,and when driven in, the rib 14- will be embedded in the hornsufiiciently to hold the weight in place thereon and as the rib isdiagonal to the direction of the keyway, the forward driving of the keywill cause the weight to be tightly clamped upon the horn, The key 13,is held against accidental displacement by a set screw 7, which isscrewed into a threadedhole in the bridge'block 12, and engages theunder edge of the key.

The keys thatI make are preferably provided with a projecting lug attheir opposite ends so that they cannot be driven in any farther thanthe surface of the weights.

After the weight has-been placed on the horn'in the position desired andthe keys driven tightly into the keyway of the weight and againstthehorn, the set screw is turned to very tightly secure thekeyway' againstaccidental displacement from the horn A hollow wrench receiving set'screw is pre-' terably employed, as shown in- Figures 1 and 5.

My improved horn weightis simple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture, and easily and quickly applied to the horns of cattle, andwill not disfigure them by making holes or grooves in them as some hornweights in use-do.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

A horn weight of the character described, comprising a weight having atapered hornreceiving hole, the outer haltot which is f-shaped crosssection; a'keyway'extend ing through said weight at right angles to thehorn-receiving hole, and interesecting said hole; a central bridge blockconnecting the 1 sides of said keyway and having an inclined top ataperedkey adapted-to rest upon said inclined top an edged rib on'thetop of sai'd key and diagonally disposed to the longitudinal axis ofsaid key, which is adapted to impinge against the horn when the key isdrawn forward-and thereby wedge the weight-upon the horn, said keyhaving depending stops at its ends, and a screw which passes throughsaidbridge block, and impingesagainst said key to prevent slipping-of thesame.

In testimony whereof I atlixmy signature.

F RANK'H. PETERSEN.

